New to the KidLit Blog World?

Would you do me a favor?

If you are a children’s writer or illustrator — published or unpublished — with a relatively new blog, would you drop me a note in the comments to let me know your username (for LJ) or the URL if it’s another blogging platform? In an upcoming post, I’d like to share a list of newer bloggers so that those of us who have been here a little longer can say a proper welcome.

For example, is a writer who attended the blogging workshop that Carrie Jones, Jo Knowles, and I presented at NESCBWI this past weekend. She’s just posted her first blog entry, with some gorgeous pictures of where she lives, and I know she’d love it if you dropped by her new blog to say hi.

Who else out there has a shiny new blog that some of us might not have discovered yet? Don’t be shy… Leave a comment so we can all say hello, okay?

Hi Kate,
Your fabulous workshop has inspired me. I’m going to start a blog. The only hitch is I haven’t yet, and so don’t have a URL for you, but this is further incentive to get me to get going. I’ll let you know where I am just as soon as I can review the notes from the session!
Thanks,
Sarah Albee

Hey there. Thanks for doing this shout out to the newbies like me.
(dcirone is my LJ username). I’ve had this LJ thing for a few months, but didn’t know what to do with it, until your workshop with Jo and Carrie.
I’ll be sure to tell my other writing crit group members too.

Thanks so much for offering to help us newbies build our blogging communities. Your workshop at NESCBWI was incredibly helpful and inspired me to give blogging a shot. So here goes….my LiveJournal username is LSFlynn (http://lsflynn.livejournal.com/).

Thanks so much for doing this! I know it’s too late to include my blog but I wanted to let you know that I’m refocusing my blog on MG lit. Over summer break one of main goals is the create page or two on my blog that lists MG bloggers and authors. I’ll be checking out the ones you listed for sure!

Just wrapped up a presentation for Eastern Kentucky University Summer institute & we talked about the importance of curiosity & empathy in fighting racism & other kinds of bigotry. Here are some resources I shared, for attendees & others who are interested. @EmilyZuccaro (thread)

Words matter. And I appreciate this piece from @Poynter Institute on active vs passive voice. This is also important to think about when we're writing about history & talking about people who "were enslaved" instead of saying who actively enslaved them. https://t.co/iK22kRiC7j

Welcome to the Ranger in Time Book Club!
I'm author Kate Messner, and with Scholastic's permission, I'll be sharing a chapter-by-chapter read-aloud of RANGER IN TIME: RESCUE ON THE OREGON TRAIL here on my blog over the coming weeks. I'm so glad you've found your way here!
Each Thursday by around 12pm ...

Welcome to Countdown to CHIRP, a wonderfully nerdy blog series about the writing process behind my February 2020 MG novel, CHIRP. Here’s a little about the book from Bloomsbury, so you’ll understand what I’m talking about when I share all the nitty-gritty writing and revision details…
When Mia moves to Vermont ...

Welcome to Countdown to CHIRP, a wonderfully nerdy blog series about the writing process behind my February 2020 MG novel, CHIRP. Here’s a little about the book from Bloomsbury, so you’ll understand what I’m talking about when I share all the nitty-gritty writing and revision details…
When Mia moves to Vermont ...

Welcome to Countdown to CHIRP, a wonderfully nerdy blog series about the writing process behind my February 2020 MG novel, CHIRP. Here’s a little about the book from Bloomsbury, so you’ll understand what I’m talking about when I share all the nitty-gritty writing and revision details…
When Mia moves to Vermont ...

Welcome to Countdown to CHIRP, a wonderfully nerdy blog series about the writing process behind my February 2020 MG novel, CHIRP. Here’s a little about the book from Bloomsbury, so you’ll understand what I’m talking about when I share all the nitty-gritty writing and revision details…
When Mia moves to Vermont ...